About the book
Just outside a major urban center on the east coast of the United States an activist group struggled to create a system-wide multicultural education program. Through a seven-year qualitative study, Pepi Leistyna documents and interprets—via a critical pedagogical lens—this group's work with professional development, curriculum and instruction, faculty and staff, and community outreach. Through engaging examples, stories, and participant voices, Leistyna offers a comprehensive, accessible ethnography with implications for others who might attempt similar sorts of systemic change.
Editions of Defining and Designing Multiculturalism
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780791455074
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780791455081
- PDF
- ISBN 9780791487983
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Just outside a major urban center on the east coast of the United States an activist group struggled to create a system-wide multicultural education program. Through a seven-year qualitative study, Pepi Leistyna documents and interprets—via a critical pedagogical lens—this group's work with professional development, curriculum and instruction, faculty and staff, and community outreach. Through engaging examples, stories, and participant voices, Leistyna offers a comprehensive, accessible ethnography with implications for others who might attempt similar sorts of systemic change.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Defining and Designing Multiculturalism about?
Just outside a major urban center on the east coast of the United States an activist group struggled to create a system-wide multicultural education program. Through a seven-year qualitative study, Pepi Leistyna documents and interprets—via a critical pedagogical lens—this group's work with professional development, curriculum and instruction, faculty and staff, and community outreach. Through engaging examples, stories, and participant voices, Leistyna offers a comprehensive, accessible ethnography with implications for others who might attempt similar sorts of systemic change.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Defining and Designing Multiculturalism?
Society and Social Sciences > Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy > Educational strategies and policy
Where can I read a sample of Defining and Designing Multiculturalism?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780791455074
How long is Defining and Designing Multiculturalism and how many pages does it have?
Defining and Designing Multiculturalism has 352 page(s)
Is Defining and Designing Multiculturalism part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series SUNY series, The Social Context of Education
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Defining and Designing Multiculturalism?
Pepi Leistyna
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Defining and Designing Multiculturalism is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780791455074) and paperback(ISBN 9780791455081) and pdf(ISBN 9780791487983)
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